Love ham and bacon fat!!! Go absolutely nuts - but they also get the vege scraps to dig around in, dried corn and are provided with an endless supply of pellets to help themselves to. And I often see them chasing a fly or bug or something ...

Love ham and bacon fat!!! Go absolutely nuts - but they also get the vege scraps to dig around in, dried corn and are provided with an endless supply of pellets to help themselves to. And I often see them chasing a fly or bug or something ...

I pick strawberries from my patch, and toss them to my chickens. It is so funny to watch the pecking order, or to see who is the greedy one. I have noticed how my rooster picks up the treat and drops it several times until one of my five hens sees and grabs it! I even have the biggest one hopping up to get it from my hand, since the smaller girls always take them from her. I have even seen them take treats from my lab's mouth!

Snails can carry gapeworms which are very dangerous to chickens. I know they love them, but they can get very ill and die from them. I just learned that recently. I would never have thought any bugs would be harmful for chickens to eat so I thought I had better pass that on.

It's cherry season here. I am thinking of driving over the pass to Yakima, WA to find b grade cherries to feed to my birds. Has anyone heard about cherries naturally worming birds? Theres a lady on another forum that claims it works for her.

My girls are eating like queens since we started harvesting from the garden, They especially love tomatoes and strawberries. They go nuts over oatmeal and they love raisins too. Here is a pic of them enjoying a diced up apple (I took the core and seeds out)